Cynthia Bauzon Arre is an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator. Her body of work ranges from art direction in advertising, publications, websites and music packaging. She is behind some of the best album covers of the most iconic bands and artists in the country including the Eraserheads, Fatal Posporos, Imago, Lea Salonga, Itchyworms, to name a few. Her latest project was for the design of the OST of the indie film “Ang Nawawala“.
Apart from my art-related projects, Cyn maintains an international wedding blog called Poptastic Bride which also serves the purpose of marketing her invitation designs abroad.
Cyn is also a happy housewife to husband, Arnold Arre, a fellow artist and cat mom to a marmalade tabby.
(all photos by Arnold Arre)
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IN THE SHOWER
I was on the fence whether to include this because the items are so basic, but I went ahead and submitted it to Grace because – please take note — I shot in a different location in the house. 
1. Watson’s Skin Scrub. I love it’s walnut scent .
2. Victoria’s Secret Champagne and Strawberries Body Wash and Lotion. These just happened to be on hand but any kind of body wash will do. Even plain soap and water of course.
3. S1 Sulfate-free Shampoo – left over from the time I had my hair undergo a Keratin treatment (many months ago).
4. Pantene Silky Straight – I have slightly wavy hair that tends to frizz when it’s humid so I need all the straightening help (without rebonding or relaxing) that I can get.
5. Johnson’s Cooling Baby Powder – love this after a shower, especially during the summer months.
THE CLEANSING AND TONING TEAM
1.A headband with velcro closure. This one is from Etude House and was a gift from my husband. He knows I like pink.
2. I’ve used Cetaphil for ages and it’s always present on our bathroom counter. I also love Leyende’s Clean Slate but sadly I ran out. It would have been in the pic if I had it.
3. Olive & Jojoba Organic Cleansing Oil is a recent discovery. I found it in Tokyu Hands (Shinjuku branch). It’s awesome because it removes the grime from my face and leaves it feeling moisturized. When I’m feeling lazy, I just use this and skip the toning and moisturizing part.
4. I’ve been using Hada Labo Hyaluronic Lotion (which is actually a toner) for 2 years now. When I turned 39, I panicked and looked into skin hydrating products and this Japanese toner stood out because the ad (which I found on Youtube) promised springy elastic skin.
5. Etude House’s First Snow Ice Cotton Toner. – I got fascinated with the cold foamy thing the pump spews out. You rub it on your skin until it forms a cotton-like ball of foam and it leaves your skin feeling refreshed.
SKIN CARE / PAMPERING STAPLES
Because I’m already 40, I need two bottles of facial moisturizer. – one for prepping my skin for when I go out and another to keep on my bedside table so I won’t forget to moisturize before going to sleep. What I’m currently using are:
1.Etude House’s Collagen Moistfull Emulsion.
2.Tony Moly‘s Fresh Aqua Tear Drop Essence
I’ve nothing much to say except that I really can’t resist cutely-packaged Korean products and that these seem to do their job.
3. Celeteque Anti-Wrinkle Collagen Gel – for the skin below my chin / around my neck. I like that the gel is absorbed into the skin easily.
4. For the skin around my eyes, I use Olay Eye Wrinkle Cream. That one’s also on my bedside table.
5. Whenever I want to feel extra pampered, I use these Chocolate-Cherry facial masks that I bought in Sasa in Hong Kong. They smell heavenly and my skin feels extra-smooth afterwards. The only downside is that when the mask is on, I can’t help feeling like I have Black Forest cake on my face.
6. It escapes me as to why I included the pot of Leyende Kiss Kiss Balm Balm in this photo since it’s not a skin care staple… but it’s a staple beside my bed nonetheless.
GOING OUT ESSENTIALS
For me “going out” equates to errands at the bank, grocery-shopping for the week, and occasional burger runs with my husband so these are all I really need. I don’t even use them all together. When I’m extra-lazy , I just slather on BB Cream since it’s already a moisturizer / foundation with SPF, set it with pressed powder, apply lip balm, and BAM I’m out the door.
1. KOSE FASIO skin primer with SPF50 from Japan. I like the way it evens out my skin’s surface, allowing powder and whatnot to glide on smoothly. I don’t use it at daytime, especially in the summer, because with our tropical weather, it will melt off my face within seconds.
2. Tony Moly’s Cat’s Wink Foundation with SPF 20. I only use this if I need better coverage and must admit that I only bought it for the cute cat illustration.
3. Etude House’s Total Age Care BB Cream with SPF45. This product had me at “total age care”.
4. Cover Girl Pressed Powder. I’ve been using this brand since my working-in-an-office days because #2 perfectly matches my skin tone and I know it will never make me break out.
5. Lip Balm – apple-flavored from Etude House.
6. Little girl in a kimono – also a lip balm (purchased from Fully Booked of all places). I love it because it glides on colorless but in a few seconds a faint pink tint will appear on your lips like magic.
THE MAKEUP KIT
On those rare instances that I’m required to wear makeup, this is what I use:
1. Etude House Precious Mineral Essence for priming my skin for makeup.
2. Bihadashi Concealer. Again from Sasa HK. I love this! It contains a palette of 2 shades that you blend with a small brush until you reach a shade that matches your skin tone + and a powder that helps set it on your skin.
3. Secret Dream Highlighter – I don’t remember where I bought this but I like the combination of pearly neutrals.
4. The Face Shop Color Full Lip Palette – a palette of four shades that are meant to be blended to come up with endless combinations.
5. Elianto Blush Mousse – for adding some semblance of rosy color on my otherwise pasty cheeks.
6. Skin Food mascara and The Face Shop eye pencil in dark brown.
7. Thanks to this feature I realized that I’m out of eye shadow so there’s none in this photo. Normally I would use a palette of mixed browns and neutrals from The Face Shop.
as told to divasoria